Chapter 7

prakhara-pathika-santateḥ virāmaḥ

mule train stops

Badal sādhu bālāḥ , vayam adhunā Tibet-madhye smaḥ.

OK boys , we’re in Tibet now.

horādvayam virāmam vihāram ca kṛṇavāma

let us stop and rest for 2 hours.

sāvadhānam bhavantu.

And keep your eyes open.

Jack agnim kṛṇuyām.

i could build a fire.

RH annam paceyam

i could cook food.

Sergei kāṣṭhāni ānayeyam

i could gather fire wood.

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agni-pariṣṭhāne

at the camp fire

J vastūni prakharāṇām durgandhāni santi

Bringing up the rear of a mule train is stinky.

S tvām śūra-puruṣaḥ abhavat iti amanye .

I thought that you were a tough guy Jack.

J pradhānābandasya te nāma asti vā ?

Does that mainframe of yours have a name ?

S tasya nāma Arias.

it’s name is Arias

J sā prathamā kṛtrima-cetanā bhavāti vā ?

Will it become the first A.I.

S yadi tat bhavāti tarhi aham bahu dhanī syām.

if it does , i should become very rich.

J ataḥ, kā samasyā ?

So , what is the problem ?

S tava manasi ātma-lokaḥ bhavati iti jānīse vā ?

You know that private world in your mind.

J ām kevalam asmin loke aham eva bhavitum samarthaḥ na anyaḥ ko’pi iti

Yes, that only i have access to and no one else.

S saiva samasyā.

That is the problem.

S bahir-loke etad laghu bhavati. ‘ vṛkṣaḥ vi patati ’

The outer world is easy. ‘ the tree fell down ‘.

J vayam sarve etad draṣṭum śaknumaḥ.

We can all see it.

S kintu antar-loke … nānyaḥ kaścana draṣṭum śaknoti.

But the inner world. No one else can see.

J tvām muktvā.

Except yourself.

S sambhāvyaṃ antar-lokaḥ tvam eva asti.

Or maybe this inner world is yourself.

J huh,

S kṣamyatām, vayam na jānīmaḥ kathaṃ tad bhavitum arhati iti.

Sorry, we don’t know how to model it,

anubhavaḥ kim iti jñātum asamarthāḥ.

We don’t know what experience is.

māstiṣkayantraḥ jyotiḥ dhvanim ca pratigrahītum śaknoti,

A computer can sense a light or a sound.

kintu katham anubhavam ākṛṇuyāt ?

But how do you model a feeling ?

J ataḥ, kim kartum yatadhve ?

So , what are you going to do ?

S vayaṃ jānīmaḥ yat etat ‘kimcit’ ādhunike kāle asti.

Well , we know this has something to do with the ‘ Now ‘.

etad eva kevalam sthānam yatra anubhavitum śaknumaḥ

This is the only place where we can ‘ feel ‘.

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J athavā indriyaiḥ jñātum śakyate.

or experience .

S niścitam, tad ādhunike muhurte kartum śakyate.

exactly. It must be done in the ‘ present moment ‘.

asmākam abhiprayaḥ asti arias tat kartum arhati iti.

Our plan is to have Arias ‘ get ‘ it .

MMO Parābhuddhiḥ bahūn janān ākṛṇavan

The MMO ‘ ParaBuddhi ‘ will attract many people.

J eṣā ca krīḍā arias-madhye kriyāte.

And this game will be happening inside of Arias.

S ām, yadāvaśyakam iti krīḍā-bhāginaḥ kārayāma.

yep , We just have to get these Users to do the right things.

J yathā kutūhala-anveṣaṇārthaṃ gantum.

Like going on interesting quests.

S anveṣaṇam yat adhikṛtya aham kāryam kṛṇomi

kathaṃ parāmanaḥ prāptum samarthāḥ iti.

The quest I’m working on is, finding Higher Mind .

J tava anveṣaṇaviṣaye kimcid vada me

Tell me of this quest.

S vayam trimātre caturmātre vā loke nivasāmaḥ.

We live in a 3 or 4 dimensional world.

kortex-madhye cittavṛttayaḥ tiṣṭhanti.

The memories and associations are stored in the cortex.

asmākam manaḥ paribadhnantyaḥ yad jñātam eva sambhāvayanti.

Limiting mind to a known reality.

manaḥ anyeṣu mātreṣu nirvahati iti manye .

I think that the Mind leaks over into other dimensions.

pragati-janāḥ viśvasanti cittavṛttinirodhaḥ āvaśyakaḥ iti,

vayam asmin kṣaṇe bhavitum arhāmaḥ

gamers know that you,

must let loose the past,

be in the Now

tathā hi buddhaye balena yatemahi.

and aggressively strive to Awareness.

J kaḥ pragati-janaḥ ?

What is an gamer ?

S avataraḥ parābuddham praviśya pragati-janaḥ bhavet.

An Avatar entering ParaBuddha must become a gamer .

tadaiva parāmanasaḥ anveṣaṇaṃ prāpnuyāt iti āśā

Then hopefully join the quest to find Higher Mind.

J tathā ca arias-dvārā cetanām prāptum śakṣyati.

And this is how Arias will find Consciousness.

S niścitam. tvam dhyānam akṛṇos pūrvaṃ ?

Exactly , Have you meditated ?

J tat aham ayatam

I’ve tried it ,

mama ekā samasyā asti ‘kapi-manaḥ’ iti

i have a problem with ‘ monkey mind ‘.

S ām, laghu-krama-mātrāṇi prārabdhāni bhūtvā

kārya-karaṇa-smṛtim abhibhavanti.

yea, subprograms firing off and taking over working memory.

J ekaikeṣu pañca-ṣaṭ-kṣaṇeṣu

like every 5 or 6 seconds.

S ariasaḥ tādṛśī samasyā na syāt .

Arias may not have that problem.

anythat

J kimarthaṃ tvam śirasam muṇḍasi .

Why do you shave your head ?

S Camliṅ-sarovara-devakule asmābhiḥ muṇḍāḥ eva paridhīyante.

At the Chamling Lake Monastery, we wear skull caps.

J arias saha samgantavyaṃ ?

To interface with Arias ?

S ām, eteṣām navatiḥ lakṣāṇi indriyāṇām santi.

yes, They have 9 million sensors,

māstiṣkayantrasya ṣatāvasthāḥ veddhum samarthāḥ.

and can penetrate all 6 neural layers of the cortex.

J lekhana-phalakaṃ nāvaśyakam kim ?

No need for a keyboard ?

S vayaṃ etām avasthām na prāpnumaḥ api.

We are not there yet.

yadā ete nāvaśyakāḥ bhaveyuḥ

When we no longer need them.

tadā asmākam rāk-en-rol syāt.

We’ll be rockin’ and rollin’ .

J anyāni habāṇi samānam kṛṇvanti vā ?

Are the other hubs doing similar things ?

S vaktum na śakyate.

Difficult to say.

sarve ‘mmo’ kṛṇvanti.

They are all running MMOs.

ataḥ te sarvaiḥ sambadhyante

They are all connected.

J tvam avadaḥ ekam bhayam āsīt iti

You said that there was a some danger.

S ete viśve dhaninaḥ sarvasmin jagati baliṣṭhāḥ iti bhavitum icchanti.

All these rich people, wanting to be the most powerful man in the world.

teṣām sarveṣām lābhārthinaḥ santi.

They all have mercenaries .

tvam lābhārthī asti , jack.

You are a mercenary Jack.

J ām, niścitam. denāsevanāt śreyaḥ api bhavet.

Yes indeed. It’s much better than being in the army though.

Jāni-vālker abhi tara .

Pass the Johnny Walker please.

S tvam vodkam kimcid na ānayase vā ?

Didn’t you bring any Vodka ?

J rasanaṃ tasya nāsti.

It has no taste .

S tasya rasanaṃ asti.

Yes it does.

sukham anubhavāmi yat asmābhiḥ saha ekaḥ naraḥ asti

yaḥ śastraṃ prayoktuṃ samarthaḥ.

I’m glad we have a gunman along this trip.

J kimartham tat, sergei ?

Why is that, Sergei ?

S kācana kathāḥ śrūyante yat janāḥ māryante atra.

Just some stories of people dying .

J phaṭ

S devakula-darśanārtham katipayāni dināni prāptum śakyate.

You might get a couple of days to hang around the monastery.

Badalaḥ kāryam asti tatra.

Badal has some business there.

J Lhasamadhye asmākam kāryam āsīt iti amanye .

I thought our business was in Lhasa.

tadviṣaye na jāne

I do not know about that

S jānīse

yoge matidvayam asti iti te adhyāpayanti naḥ.

you know….

In yoga they teach us that there are 2 kinds of thoughts.

ekāḥ matayaḥ cetanasya adhastāt utpadyante

Thoughts generated by the Subconscious

anyāśca cetanamadhye jātāḥ bhavanti.

and thoughts generated by the Conscious

J spaṣṭam etat

That makes sense.

kim cetana-matibhiḥ kartum śakyate.

But what do you do with Conscious Thoughts.

S prayuñjmaḥ tāḥ ādhunikam kṣaṇam prāptum.

Use them to get in the present moment.

yadi ādhunikam kṣaṇam naṣṭam bhavati tarhi prāpnotu tat punaḥ.

‘ if you lose the present moment; get it back ‘

iti eṣā cina-kanyā kadā avadat .

That’s a quote form this Chinese babe .

J sā camliṅ-sarovara-devakule vasati vā ?

Is she at the Chamling Lake Monastery.

S nahi, kintu tatra te yogam samācaranti

No , but they do yoga there.

J suṣṭhu, aham īkṣāṇi , sambhāvyam.

Great, maybe I’ll watch.

S asamyak icchā, mitra me.

Not a good idea , my friend.

J Arias draṣṭum śakṣyate vā.

Will I get to see Arias ?

S na jāne . bahu draṣṭum nāsti tatraiva.

i don’t know. Not much to see though.

katipayāḥ kṛṣṇa-kapāṭikāḥ.

Just a bunch of nodes , black boxes.

ekā kapāṭikā sapta pādānām dīrghā pādatrayam bṛhat.

A node is about 7 feet tall and 3 foot square.

śatatrayam teṣām adhunaiva bhavitum arhati tatra.

There should be more than 300 nodes by now.

J kim kim kurvanti ete māstiṣkayantra-bhāgāḥ ?

What are all these computer parts about ?

S yat kimapi.

This and that.

pañca sahasrāṇi nū CPU ānayāmi.

I’m bringing in around 5 thousand new CPUs.

J kimartham rahasyam ?

Why the secrecy ?

S na jāne . kimcid śirālaḥ etad adhikṛtya.

I don’t know. I’m a little nervous with this.

tvam rakṣakaḥ bhaveḥ iti amanye pūrvam.

I thought you might be security.

J naiva. dharmika-granthān rahasyena tārayāmi.

nope. I’m smuggling Buddhist manuscripts.

S kimartham ete granthāḥ ?

So, what’s with these manuscripts.

J vyaktam cina-janāḥ tān dahanti.

Apparently the Chinese are burning them.

kecana dhaninaḥ tān trātum icchanti.

and some rich people want to save them.

S kim granthāḥ vadanti ?

What do the manuscripts say.

J saṃbhāvyaṃ, ete parāmanaḥ adhikṛtya dhyāyanti

Maybe musings about Higher Mind.

S aho bata…

hum…